Pamphlet-wrapper



(No Model.)

W. H. YOUNG. PAMPHLET WRAPPER.

Patented Jan. 4, 1898.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. YOUNG, or DAYTON, OHIO.

PAM PHLET-WRAPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,563, dated January 4, 1898. Application filed July 30, 1896. Serial No. 601,059. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAMH. YOUNG, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and the State of Ohio, have invented'a new and Improved Pamphlet-VVrapper, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of a wrapper in which to mail pamphlets and other similar matter, and has for its object to provide a cheap, simple, and efficient device for wrapping such mail-matter as is usually inclosed in the ordinary mailing-tube.

A further object of my invention is to pro-. vide in such a device a flexible wrapper with gummed end and sealing-flaps combined with a rigid curved protector to prevent breakage or injury to the contained mail-matter.

With these objects in view my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one form of my improved wrapper lying open upon a table and another rolled up and sealed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a modification in the construction of the rigid protector, the protector being shown open, part of the wrapper-flap being broken away. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another modified form of rigid protector, the same being shown in tubular form. Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the wrapper shown in Fig. 3.)

Referring to the drawings by letters, A in Fig. l is a semicylinder, of pasteboard or of other similar stiff material, which has projecting beyond one side thereof a sheet of flexible material, which may be muslin, paper, or the like, and beyond its other edge a flap of similar or equivalent material 0, provided with an inner coating of gum, mucilage, or glue. These projecting portions B and (3 may be made of one and the same piece of material, having the semicylinder A secured thereto in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

' D is anend projection, also of flexible material, which'ris coated' with gum, as is the flap 0, and serves to assist in closing the end of the package, as shown in the closed package in Fig. 1. In the other figures'of the drawings I have designed to retain the main features of my invention-namely, the rigid protector, the flexible wrapper, and the gummed sealing-flap-but have shown that the structure of the rigid protector may be varied somewhat without departing from the broad idea of my invention.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the rigid protector as consisting of two semicylinders A, which may be secured flexibly at their inner edges by means of a cord or otherwise, as shown at A The ends of the rigid protector may be provided with semicircles D, of stiff material, as shown on the left-hand side, or one of them may be provided with a complete circle of stiff material for the purpose of closing the ends when the package is rolled up. In Fig. 3 I have shown the rigid protector as consisting of a sufficient width of suitable material to be formed into a complete cylinder around the matter to be wrapped, which would be the case in the wrapper shown in Fig. 1 with a small quantity of matter inside. The operation of my improved wrapper will be readily understood from the foregoing. Matter to be wrapped for mailing or otherwise will be placed along the outer edge of the flexible wrapper B, which, for the purpose of a perfect package, should be somewhat longer than the material to be inclosed therein, when the wrapper with the inclosed matter will be rolled. up until the edge of the rigid protector is reached, when the bundle thus made will roll into or upon the rigid protector, and further roll within said rigid protector until the contents are enveloped thereby, when the sealing-flap C will be moistened, turned down, and cemented, as shown in the closed package in Fig. 1, the end flaps D and the ends of the flexible wrapper portion being turned in and sealed, as clearly shown. The operation of the modified forms is in every respect the same as that just before described.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an exceedingly cheap and simple form of wrap per which will securely hold its contents and ICO prevent breakage or damage thereto, and one which maybe easily sealed and unsealed when desired. 7

While I have illustrated and described the best means now known to me for carrying out my invention, I Wish it to be understood that I do not restrict myself to the exact details of construction-shown and described, but hold that any slight changes or variations, such'as might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic, would clearly fall Within the limit and scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A Wrapper for mailing packages, embodying in its construction a rigid protector for the contents of the package, consistingof a curved piece of stiff material, a flexible wrapper-flap projecting from one edge thereof, large enough to entirely inclose the contents, gummed end flaps, and a gummed sealing-flap projecting from the opposite edge, all substantially as set forth.

2. A Wrapper for mailing packages, embodying in its construction a rigid protector for the contents of the package, consisting of two semicylinders of stiff material hinged together, a flexible Wrapper-flap projecting from one edge thereof, large enough to entirely in- I close the contents, gummedend flaps, and a circular end in each semicylinder, a flexible Wrapper-flap projecting from one edge thereof, large enough to entirely inclose the contents, gummed end flaps, and a gummed sealing-flap projecting from the opposite edge,

all substantially as set forth.

WILLIAM H. YOUNG.

WVitnesses:

CLARA M. SHANK, Gno. R. YOUNG. 

